gtkaml 0.4.2 released

[Vlad Grecescu <b100dian gmail com>]

Hello,
We are proud to announce the 0.4.2 version of Gtkaml with the new Gtkon syntax.

Changes in 0.4.2:
- updated to valacompiler 0.11.6, compatible with vala 0.10.4
- internal classes:  by using gtkaml:internal="foo" on the root node.
The existing gtkaml:name becomes an alias for gtkaml:public.
- internal and protected modifiers for fields, along with public/private
- properties: a field with e.g. gtkaml:property="get; internal set;"
becomes a property
This feature is available as property='get;internal set' in Gtkon
- gtkon:version is now optional
- use $foo on root node in Gtkon for the class name, instead of name="foo"

Issues fixed:
- #18 Signals in interfaces are not detected
- #23 Cannot refer to variables created in code
- #24 Invalid UTF-8 handling

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What is it?

Gtkaml is a markup language based on Vala which lets you create Gtk+
composite widgets through concise XML:

<HBox homogeneous="false">
     <Label label="_Hello" with-mnemonic="true" expand="false" fill="false"/>
     <Entry g:public="my_entry" text="World! "/>
</HBox>

Gtkon is an object notation alternative to the XML syntax, contributed
by pancake at nopcode.org:

HBox !homogeneous {
 Label with-mnemonic label="_Hello" !expand !fill;
 Entry $my_entry text="World!";
}

More information on the Gtkon syntax is available here [2] and in the
tests and examples gtkaml comes with.


Features:
 * compact XML syntax for describing composite Gtk widgets
 * Gtkon syntax for JSON-like sources
 * code 'islands' (written in Vala) - for signal handling and other
code in your widget class (so you don't modify the generated code
ever)
 * you don't depend on gtkaml at run-time
 * much more readable than the usual UI boilerplate (e.g. you don't
need to worry about temporary variables, or ever write hundreds of
lines of code)
 * works with any library that has a .vapi file, not just Gtk+
(composition methods can be specified in the *.implicits file)

Full release notes: http://code.google.com/p/gtkaml/wiki/ReleaseNotes
Downloads: http://code.google.com/p/gtkaml/downloads/list

[1] Examples: http://code.google.com/p/gtkaml/wiki/Example
[2] Gtkon http://code.google.com/p/gtkaml/wiki/Gtkon

Regards,
Vlad Grecescu